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Last week, several hundred high school students attended Maine Construction Career Days. The United Association of Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 716 was on hand to give students direct exposure to welding and the pipe trades.

Governor Janet Mills has appointed former Maine AFL-CIO Secretary Treasurer Ned McCann to the state Unemployment Insurance Commission, which handles appeals of unemployment eligibility decisions and job training programs.

However, as IBEW 104 Assistant Business Manager points out in 

PHOTO: Linda Deane (USW 900 & Western Maine Labor Council), Rob Muzzy (USW), John Patrick (MSEA/USW) & Sarah Bigney McCabe canvassing for Senator Troy Jackson  and other labor candidates in Madawaska last week.

Maine Congresswoman Chellie Pingree joined 30 members of Congress in a 

A new report finds that CEOs of the largest companies in the United States